ochess/README.md

Open Chess  

Features

• PGNs files (.si4 files not yet but soon!)
• Handle heavy game files
• Live chess engine analysis with UCI compliant chess engines
• Intuitive game annotations
• Simple games database management system

Installing OChess

On ArchLinux from AUR:

> yay -S ochess

Running OChess from sources

Requires CMake and wxWidgets:

> git clone --recursive https://gitlab.com/manzerbredes/ochess
> cd ./ochess
> mkdir ./build && cd ./build
> cmake ../ && make
> ./ochess # Launch OChess

Notes

• OChess is still in early development stage. For more informations, please read the TODO.md file.
• For questions and discussions please join irc://irc.libera.chat/ochess.

Satellites projects

OChess is based on several satellite projects that implement individual and independant features:

• chessarbiter: A chess classical chess game C++ arbiter
• pgnp: An efficient PGN parser
• uciadapter: A cross platform utility to interact with UCI chess engines
• cgeditor: A 2D chess game moves presenter/editor
• chess-move-interface A chess half move interface for libraries interoperability

Acknowledgments

• The chess-openings project by lichess-org for their openings databases